Fiscal policy in Thailand. Reference Karel Jansen, The Scope for Fiscal Policy: A Case Study of Thailand, in Development Policy Review, 2004 Songtham.

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Fiscal policy in Thailand

Reference Karel Jansen, The Scope for Fiscal Policy: A Case Study of Thailand, in Development Policy Review, 2004 Songtham Pinto, et. al., Assessing Fiscal Vulnerability in Thailand: Fiscal Risks and Policy Implication, an article presented at the Bank of Thailand Symposium

Reference 3 “THAI ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND FISCAL SCENARIOS AFTER THE CRISIS” by Dr. Porametee Vimolsiri, in Facing the Aging Society in ASEAN Countries Symposium on the Emerging Middle Income Class and Social Safety Network, March 15, 2010

Policy Tools: Government revenue (taxes, charges, state enterprise income) Government expenditure (fiscal budget, state enterprise spending) Public debt 4

Responsible agencies: Directly: Ministry of Finance, Budget Bureau Indirectly: NESDB, Bank of Thailand, Local Government Organizations 5

Objectives: Macroeconomic stability [Management of aggregate demand affecting growth, employment, and inflation] Efficient resource allocation (promoting savings, investment, export) 6

Objectives: Fair income distribution (progressive tax rate) Poverty eradication (free hospital, transfer payments) public goods (law and order, environment protection) 7

Government Revenue 90% from taxes (value added, income, excise, import-export) 70% of total tax revenue derived from VAT (7% of sales) –Relies more on indirect taxes –Most important tax base: consumption –Depends less on international trade 8

Government Revenue 9

Revenue from corporate income tax is greater than revenue from personal income tax (different from developed countries) 10

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Small collection of personal income tax because: –Effective tax rate = 5% (compared with nominal rates of 0% - 37%) –Out of more than 30 million labor force, only 5-7 million file income tax 12

Small collection of personal income tax because: Two-thirds of income tax revenue are paid by rich earners (net income greater than 1 million baht), which account for only 3% of total taxpayers – Room for more revenue? 13

Personal Income Tax, 2006 Net income class (baht)Taxpayers% of tax Mill.%revenue < 100, %0% 100, , %13% 500, million0.3757%21% 1 mill.- 4 mill %40% > 4 million %25% Total % 14

Government expenditure Total budget about 18% of GDP : still lower than Asian developing countries (23%) and lower than developed countries (35%) 15

Government expenditure More than 70% of total is “current expenditure” (salaries, transfer payments), 26% is “capital expenditure” (fixed assets e.g. buildings, vehicles) 16

Pro-cyclical, rather than counter-cyclical Classified by function: Education gets the biggest share (25%) Economic services (transport, agriculture and industry) high share in 1990s, but declining 17

Classified by function: “Defense” high in1970s and 1980s, but sharply reduced “Health and social security” increasing in recent years 18

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Budget Determination o “Past-based budgeting” VS “performance-based budgeting” o Total budget depends on forecast revenue + macroeconomic policy o By law, deficits cannot exceed 20% of total expenditure  fiscal discipline 20

Budget Determination o deficits during the two oil crises (1973 and 1979) o later more discipline and budget surpluses during

Budget Determination o Budget deficits again after the 1997 crisis during o balanced budget in 2005, and deficits during

 Fiscal sustainability issue Government fiscal burden after the 1997 crisis to solve NPLs and stimulate economy Public debt increased from 12% of GDP in 1996 to 57% of GDP in

Debt/GDP FY (%) Before FIDF 24

 Fiscal sustainability issue Loss of FIDF = 1.4 trillion baht, to be financed by government 25

 Fiscal sustainability issue quasi-fiscal obligations: extrabudgetary “populist” spending mainly introduced by Thaksin Government e.g. housing for the poor, village fund, SME loans Could become budgetary burden 26

Fiscal sustainability defined in 2004 –Public debt/GDP < 50% – debt payment in budget <15% –Balanced budget since 2005 –Capital budget/ total budget >25% 27

Fiscal sustainability problem if – too much populist projects – increase social security payments – Low economic growth (< 4.5%) – No tax reform 28

 Fiscal decentralization 1997 constitution: fiscal decentralization from central to local government to promote democracy, grassroot participation 29

 Fiscal decentralization – Some functions are delegated to local government: infrastructure e.g. village roads, water supply protecting natural resources and environment 30

 Fiscal decentralization – Some functions are delegated to local government: education garbage collection tourism promotion 31

 Fiscal decentralization require total budget for local governments to be at least 35% of total central government revenue since FY

Revenue itemsMill. baht 1. Total LGO budget 490,000 Own collection Own collection32,021 Joint collection Joint collection114,728 VAT share VAT share64,300 Subsidy from central government Subsidy from central government278, Total central government revenue 1,400, (1. / 2.) 35.0 % 33

 Fiscal decentralization Lack of readiness of LGO to expedite spending In the 2007 constitution, LGO share was reduced to 25% of total central government revenue 34

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Economic recession in reduced tax revenue Government adopted Keynesian policy by increasing spending to relieve suffering and stimulate economy 35

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Mid-year 2009 budget increased by over 100 billion baht for: (Stimulus Package 1 or SP1) – 6 welfare measures: free electricity, water, buses, trains, and lower prices on oil products and LPG – 2,000 baht for income less than 20,000 ฿ /month – 500 ฿ monthly allowance for the elderly – Free education extended to 15 years 36

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis SP2 “From Strength to Strength” or “ แผนปฏิบัติ การไทยเข้มแข็ง ” to spend 1.43 trillion baht in 3 years (2010 – 2012) to further stimulate the economy and increase competitiveness 37

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis To invest mainly in economic infrastructure, e.g. transport, water supply, energy, education, health, etc. (including “creative economy”) Need to borrow 800 billion baht 38

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Budget deficits will continue in 2010 and the next few years Public debts are expected to rise and could peak reaching 60% of GDP in 2013, and may decline if GDP growth of 5% can be achieved (Study by the Ministry of Finance) 39

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Fiscal Sustainability Issue (Again) in the next 10 years: –Public Debt/GDP < 50% (?) – Debt repayments/ Budget < 15% – Balance budget (?) – Capital expenditure/ total budget not less than 25% (?) 41

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Study by Dr. Porametee Vimolsiri Fiscal Sustainability Issue in the future under three scenarios 42

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45 Thai capital expenditure as % of GDP far below average of 7.7% for Asian developing countries; and below the Thai average of 4.31% in

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Tradeoff between fiscal discipline and capital spending by government Policy suggestions: › Use more “fiscal space”– more taxes › More revenue collected by local administration 46

 Role of Fiscal Policy in the subprime crisis Policy suggestions: › increase expenditure efficiency › More fiscal consideration for some medium-term issues, e.g. aging population, climate changes, and public service obligations 47